Dart River (Kawarau River)

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Dart River
Te Awa Wakatipu
Dart River at Glenorchy

Dart River at Glenorchy

Data
location Otago , South Island , New Zealand
River system Clutha River
Drain over Kawarau River  → Clutha River  → Pacific
source Dart Glacier , Southern Alps
44 ° 29 ′ 11 ″  S , 168 ° 35 ′ 4 ″  E
Source height 1025  m
muzzle Lake Wakatipu Coordinates: 44 ° 50 ′ 52 "  S , 168 ° 21 ′ 35"  E 44 ° 50 ′ 52 "  S , 168 ° 21 ′ 35"  E
Mouth height 330  m
Height difference 695 m
Bottom slope 12 ‰
length 60 km

The Dart River ( Māori Te Awa Wakatipu ) is a river in the Otago region in the southwest of the South Island of New Zealand .

The river has its source in the Dart Glacier in the Southern Alps and then flows partly in Mount Aspiring National Park in a south-westerly and then south-westerly direction. After 60 km it joins the north end of Lake Wakatipu west of Glenorchy . It got its name in the 1860s from the sheep farmer William Gilbert Rees because of its fast flowing water.

Several well-known hiking trails run around the river, especially the Rees-Dart Track, which follows the valleys of the Dart River and the Rees River to the east . Jet boat trips are available on the river .

Scenes from the Lord of the Rings trilogy were filmed on the Dart River , including Isengard, which was filmed at Dan's Paddock , and Lothlórien, which is in the woods a little further north.

On the upper reaches of the river in 1989 one crashed Britten-Norman Islander of Aspiring Air from where all 10 occupants were killed.

Individual evidence

Commons : Dart River, Otago  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
  1. ^ Peter Dowling (editor): Reed New Zealand Atlas . Reed Books, 2004, ISBN 0-7900-0952-8 , pp. Cards 89, 90.
  2. ↑ Discover New Zealand: A Wises Guide , 9th. 1994 edition, p. 443.
  3. ↑ Rees-Dart Track . Department of Conservation . Retrieved August 28, 2009.
  4. ^ Jet boat on the Dart River . March 3, 2009. Retrieved August 28, 2009.
  5. ↑ Ring things . Rough guides . Retrieved August 28, 2009.
  6. ↑ 08 AUG 1989 . Flight Safety Foundation. Retrieved May 4, 2012.
  • New Zealand topographic map work "NZTOPO50", sheets CA9, CA 10, CB10

photos

  • Dart Glacier (source of the Dart River)

  • Jet boat on the Dart River

  • Narrow point on the Dart River

  • "Isengard" from the film The Lord of the Rings